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Baltic Pipe close to completion….Turkey ‘not interested’ in Denmark’s second-hand fighter jets…. The Baltic Pipe project, a 275-kilometre long gas pipeline connecting Poland with Norwegian gas fields via the Baltic Sea and Denmark,…
MoreGood week, Bad week….
It was a good week for… … the Conservatives who emerged as the biggest winner in Tuesday’s municipal elections, with support rising in 92 of the 98 municipalities… … the Red/Green Alliance in…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 15th – 21st 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The daily infection rate topped 4,000 at the end of the week, close to the all-time high recorded on December 18th last year. The vaccination figures are above…
MorePM’s ‘right-hand woman’ blames Food Ministry for mink scandal
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s closest advisor, Barbara Bertelsen, told the Mink Commission, Thursday, that she was unaware the government’s decision to cull Denmark’s entire mink herd was illegal until four days after the…
MoreGovernment given mandate to challenge EU on minimum wage
Parliament has given the government the go-ahead to vote no to a EU Directive that would ensure a minimum wage for workers throughout the union. Following a meeting of parliament’s Europe Committee, Thursday, acting employment…
MoreDPP leadership battle – Støjberg waits on the sidelines
Less than 48 hours after Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl announced he would be stepping down a ‘war of the wings’ has broken out in the populist party over his…
MoreVirus updates
Daily infection rate tops 4,000…40% want to copy Austria…Government funds new corona pills…. 4,013 new corona cases were reported Thursday, close to the all-time high of 4,408 recorded on December 18th last year….
MoreForeign Ministry’s ‘Big Tech’ conference sparks off democracy debate
A virtual global conference hosted by Denmark’s Foreign Ministry, Thursday, sparkled off a debate about the role of democracy in the new ‘tech world’. The Tech for Democracy 2021 conference, a Danish-led initiative…
MoreDenmark to put ‘maximum pressure’ on Qatar ahead of World Cup
Efforts to improve the working conditions for migrant workers in Qatar have stagnated according to a new report by Amnesty International which urges countries to exert ‘greater and stronger pressure’ ahead of next…
MoreNew DK-UK fishing dispute
Denmark has accused the UK of violating the post-Brexit fisheries deal. The UK announced in February that it wanted to ban bottom trawling at the Dogger Bank conservation zone in the North Sea,…
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